enlarged spleen
Abnormally big spleen
An enlarged spleen is a spleen that has grown beyond its normal size, usually indicating an underlying medical condition such as infection, liver disease, or blood disorders.
The medical term is splenomegaly.
An enlarged spleen may cause pain in the upper left abdomen and can be detected through physical examination or imaging: The doctor felt for an enlarged spleen during the exam.
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- organBody's working component
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- bloatedSwelled from excess
tenderness · pain · feeling full · infection · mononucleosis · leukemia · lymphoma · cirrhosis · blood · cells · fatigue · fullness · rupture · tender · ultrasound · CT scan · scan · biopsy
- organ enlargementhepatomegaly, enlarged heart, enlarged liver, enlarged thyroid, enlarged prostate
- medical findingscyst, tumor, lesion, polyp, hernia
- spleensplenectomy, splenic
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
- lymphatic diseaseslymphoma, lymphedema, lymphadenitis, swollen lymph nodes, Hodgkin lymphoma